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# Prisoner Hangs Self In 61st Precinct Station Cell
- URL: https://bklyner.com/prisoner-hangs-self-in-61st-precinct-station-cell-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2013-09-09T19:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2013-09-09T17:37:48.000Z
- Author: wsimpson
- Tags: 2575 coney island ave, date rape, hanging, internal affairs, #API-Imported

![61st Precinct police station located at 2575 Coney Island Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/61st-precinct-google-maps-585x284.jpg)

61st Precinct police station located at 2575 Coney Island Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)

A prisoner, arrested on charges of drug possession, used his shirt to hang himself in the 61st Precinct police station (2575 Coney Island Avenue). According to a [report](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-hangs-shirt-bklyn-precinct-article-1.1448286?ref=bklyner.com) in the New York Daily News, the prisoner was taken to Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) but died there this past Thursday.

The 29-year-old prisoner, who remains unidentified, was arrested on August 30 when police discovered he had ketamine, a hallucinogenic drug, stashed in his car. After his arrest, he was found hanging in his cell at 5:45 a.m. The Daily News described the subsequent investigation that is now to be taken place:

> Internal Affairs is looking into whether cops followed the rule that requires them to check on prisoners every 30 minutes.

> “I can tell you that we do an in-depth investigation any time anything like this happens, and that is precisely what’s going on now,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

> “So we are looking at that aggressively, Internal Affairs division along with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.”